Lemon-squeezer.



F CARROLL LEMON SQUEEZER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.8. m5.

Patehted Dec. 7, 1915.

BIA PLANOGRAPH co..vIAsHnm0 .'n.c.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

Application filed January 8, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Juneau, South East, and Territory of Alaska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lemon squeezers, and one of the principal objects is to provide a simple device to be used at the table of hotels and restaurants for squeezing the small slice of lemon to extract the juice for use on certain dishes, like oysters, or salads.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lemon squeezer made of a flexible material like paper to contain a small slice of lemon for use at hotels, restaurants, and cafs, which will prevent the juice from spattering over the clothes of the customer and which will be sanitary and will not soil the fingers of the user, and in which the squeezer or envelop for containing the small piece of lemon is provided with a space to give the name of the hotel, restaurant or other advertising.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a lemon squeezer made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a rear side elevation of a modified form of the device, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view looking into the same.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 is the front portion of the lemon squeezer and 2 is the rear portion thereof, and said front and rear portions are connected together at their ends by means of a bellows fold on the line 3. The ends 4 of the squeezer are each provided with a flap 5, which may be secured to the back 2 of the squeezer.

The lemon squeezer is made of paper, or other suitable flexible material, and when Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Serial N 0. 1,242.

the ends A are squeezed together, the opening at the top is of suflicient width to drop a small slice or segment of lemon 6 therein so that it can be readily squeezed to permit the juice and not the seeds to pass through the perforations '7.

As shown in Figs. 3 and A, the squeezer is made preferably from a single piece of paper or other flexible material and the front and back members 1 are connected together by means of integral angular sealing flaps 2 and owing to the curved portion 3 at the top of the squeezer, the ends may be pressed together to open the envelop or squeezer to drop in the segment of lemon, as shown in Fig. 4. Thus the ends of the squeezer are fully closed and the juice will pass out through the perforations 4* without liability of dripping at the ends.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a lemon squeezer made in accordance with this invention is sanitary, will prevent spattering of the juice upon expensive clothing, will keep the seeds oii' the food, and the juice cannot run out of the end as it could in a lemon squeezer of this character having open ends.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

' What is claimed is 1. A lemon squeezer made from flexible material and comprising a front side, a rear side, and closed ends, said sides and bottom being provided with perforations to permit the discharge of the lemon juice without the seeds, and said ends being closed to prevent spattering.

2. A lemon squeezer made from a single piece of paper having a front side, a rear side, bellows ends, and sealing flaps, said squeezer being provided with perforations to permit the discharge of the lemon juice without the seeds and to prevent spattering.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK CARROLL. Witnesses:

WALTER G. Fox, GLENN E. VAN WINKLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. i 

